Photoshop

I used to create all sorts of graphics in my previous life. I can remember making postcards, flyers, newspaper and magazine ads and posters for events such as car shows, bridal events and many other events held at a wide variety of venues. I’ve even created those huge graphics that are glued to the sides […]

Pretty much all of what I write on this blog is meant to give you ideas. While I may offer an example or two to show you how something works, my intent is to merely ignite a spark that might turn into something much larger. In this post, I may explain how to transform a […]

Let’s say you were given an assignment by your manager for three different versions of a digitally altered photograph. Your manager wanted to see one version with subtle effect changes, one with more aggressive changes and one with some pretty wild changes. Again, all originating from the same photo. Now, back in the day, if […]

Muting audio in a video project is an extraordinarily simple, but important thing to do. I’m sure you can imagine why. If you’re working with many different video clips in a project, you most likely wouldn’t want the audio in those clips to be competing with one another. Also, if you don’t want the audio […]

When working with video in Adobe Photoshop, we sometimes create some rather complex and intricate animations. These animations oftentimes take a lot of effort to get just right. From personal experience, when I used to work with Adobe LiveMotion and Macromedia Flash, I know that out of all things, keyframes and animations require the most […]

There may come a time when you need to change the shape of something, such as a body, toy, car, wrinkle or anything with a defined edge. While there are multiple methods for altering shape, not many come close to the quality and efficiency of the Liquify filter in Adobe Photoshop. This filter really is […]

Let’s face facts. Pretty much every photo of anyone you see in a magazine has been Photoshopped. If I had to guess, I’d probably say that softening the skin in general is the first priority for the editor and then, right behind that would be to remove any blemishes. Beyond those two things, edits like […]

I’d like to take a quick break from all the demonstrations I’ve been recently working through on this website and get back to an area that might need more explaining. I talk a lot about Smart Filters throughout many of my posts and I realized the other day that not everyone knows exactly what these […]

I’ve been using shapes for various things in Adobe Photoshop for as long as I can remember. I never actually learned everything I needed to know about them though. There’s a lot to them. Much more than the typical adding a curve or a bend to something and a custom shape, like a paw print, […]

Sometimes I sit and wonder exactly how many shortcuts there actually are in applications such as Adobe Photoshop. I mean, it seems like I unearth a new one every single day. And they’re hidden in plain sight too. A tiny icon here or a click and a drag there. I guess this is what it […]